What to look for in a PDF SDK - PDF.js vs. react-pdf - DeveloperWeek 2021

Published: 18 February 2021
on channel: Apryse

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I put together a presentation + repo for DeveloperWeek 2021 to help developers evaluate several different popular libraries out there and highlight some of the gotchas one might encounter.

Link to the repo: https://github.com/andreysaf/Develope...

What to look for in a PDF library when you are strapped for time?
Why do PDFs look different in different browsers?
Why do only some libraries offer annotation capabilities?

For each of the libraries evaluated, I created a create-react-app and embedded the viewer inside of it.

React PDF https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-pdf
PDF.js https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/
PDF.js Express https://pdfjs.express/documentation
PDFTron's WebViewer https://www.pdftron.com/documentation...

Introduction: (0:00)
Adding PDFs to your app: (1:15)
React-PDF: (6:35)
PDF.js: (11:00)
PDF.js Express: (14:33)
PDFTron's WebViewer: (18:20)

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